Nurses and members of other health disciplines at a state's public health division are planning programs for the next 5 years
The group has made the decision to focus on diseases that are experiencing the sharpest increases in their contributions to the overall death rate in the state. This team should plan health promotion and disease prevention activities to address what health problem?
A) Stroke
B) Cancer
C) Respiratory infections
D) Alzheimer's disease
Ans: D
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In the past 60 years, overall deaths, and specifically, deaths from heart disease, have declined. Recently, deaths from cancer and cerebrovascular disease have declined. However, deaths from Alzheimer's disease have risen more than 50% between 1999 and 2007.
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